Wellbeing News

Friday Walk & Talk brings new opportunity to Employees

18 Sep 2016

  It's the middle of the day and you're desperate for a boost of energy so you grab another caffeine and sugar loaded frozen latte, frappe, grande, caramel, cappuccino drink.

Nutrition Counseling - ISU Employees Needed!

15 Sep 2016

Nutrition Counseling Available this Semester!

With the school year well on it's way, are you ready for a little breather and self care? Maybe even looking for assistance in achieving a nutrition focused goal before the holiday season? ISU WellBeing has a great solution!

In partnership with the ISU Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, we are looking for healthy volunteers who are interested in nutrition counseling and/or coaching by an ISU dietetic student.

Biggest Loser Backfire!

5 May 2016

On Monday, May 2nd the New York Times released this article “After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight” by Gina Kolata. The article speaks to the challenges the contestants in Season 8 had in keeping weight off after the program. In fact, 14 of the 16 were retested six years later by Dr. Kevin Hall at the National Institutes of Health and 13 of the 14 had regained weight.

Step It Up Iowa!

4 Apr 2016

Iowa State University is the presenting sponsor for the Healthiest State Initiative Annual Conference, Step It Up Iowa! The conference will be held on May 19, 2016 at the ISU Center, Scheman Building. The focus of this year's conference in walking and walkability. It's a great opportunity to hear from and network with leading experts around the state on creating and sustaining walkable communities that support the health and well-being of Iowans!

Welcome to ISU WellBeing!

16 Feb 2016

Welcome to the ISU WellBeing website! We are the new location for employee well-being at Iowa State University. Actually, we are more than a new location, we are here to address three concerns you shared with us.  

Introducing our WellBeing Wheel

15 Feb 2016

I have been asked many a time what are elements of well-being and why are there six? The truth is they are called many things (components, categories, parts, etc.) and there aren’t necessarily six elements …there can be as many or as few as we want to define.

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